Double Fudge: Part 1

By JUDY BLUME

When my brother Fudge was five, he discovered money in a big way. 'Hey, Pete,' he said one night as I was getting out of the shower. 'How much would it cost to buy New York?'

'The city or the state?' I asked, as if it were a serious question.

'Which is bigger?'

'The state, but all the good stuff is in the city.' People who don't live in the city might disagree, but I'm a city kind of guy.

'We live in the city, right?' Fudge said. He was sitting on the open toilet seat in his pyjamas.

'You're not doing anything, are you?' I asked as I towelled myself dry.

'What do you mean, Pete?'

'I mean you're sitting on the toilet, and you haven't pulled down your PJs.'

Publisher: Macmillan.

Price: $14.95

Age group: 9-11 yrs


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